Mining Incidents

Rabbitt Ridge #14: 1 reportable incident Coal

Controlled by Pittston Company
Cleveland, Russell County, VA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4406773

MSHA record for Rabbitt Ridge #14 (mine ID 4406773). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1995
Latest incident
Jul 1995
Ownership history
  1. Motivation Coal Company 1994 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Rabbitt Ridge #14 sits in Russell County, Virginia, where the Census mining category is 4.5% of county employment.

Local economic context
County figures come from the US Census Bureau's American Community Survey, 5-year pooled estimates, so the 2023 vintage covers 2019 through 2023. The Census category is 'mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction', which is broader than MSHA jurisdiction and includes oil and gas workers no mine employs. These figures describe the surrounding county, not this mine, and are not a factor in any specific incident.
Russell County, Virginia · Population 25,635
4.5%
Mining share of county employment
$49,020
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

1995 · 1 incident

July 17, 1995 VA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Motivation Coal Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS DISMOUNTING HIGHWALL DRILL, AS HE STEPPED FROM DRILL TWISTED ANKLE.